ATTORN / ATTORNMENT - To implicitly or explicitly consent to a transfer of a right. Usually describes a situation where a tenant accepts being a tenant of the new landlord by staying on location after sale of the leased property.
Attorn or Attornment
To consent, implicitly or explicitly, to a transfer of a right.
Expanded Legal Definition of AttorneyAttorn or Attornment To consent, implicitly or explicitly, to a transfer of a right.
Expanded Legal Definition of Attorn or AttornmentAudi Alteram Partem Latin; literally 'hear the other side'.
To render the grant effectual, the common law required the consent of the tenant of the land out of which the rent, or other incorporeal interest proceeded; and this was called attornment.
AttornmentThe act by which a tenant agrees to become obligated to a new owner of the land. Seldom used today. The word has nothing to do with attorneys. AuthorityPower to act in the name of law.
 See also: Jurisdiction, Consent, Court, Property, Right
  
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